19. The chapters on Madeira and Teneriffe are compiled from manuscripts which Lady Burton wrote on her return from Teneriffe in 1863, but which her husband would not allow her to publish.
19. The chapters on Madeira and Teneriffe are compiled from manuscripts which Lady Burton wrote on her return from Teneriffe in 1863, but which her husband would not allow her to publish.
20. [On reading through this manuscript with Mr. Wilkins, I am struck with the coincidence that it was on Passion Sunday, March 22, 1896 (thirty-three years later), that my dear sister, Lady Burton, died.—E. Fitzgerald.]
20. [On reading through this manuscript with Mr. Wilkins, I am struck with the coincidence that it was on Passion Sunday, March 22, 1896 (thirty-three years later), that my dear sister, Lady Burton, died.—E. Fitzgerald.]
21. “Laurence Oliphant conveyed to Richard that Speke had said that ‘if Burton appeared on the platform at Bath’ (which was, as it were, Speke’s native town) ‘he would kick him.’ I remember Richard’s answer—‘Well,thatsettles it! By God! heshallkick me’; and so to Bath we went. There was to be no speaking on Africa the first day, but the next day was fixed for the ‘great discussion between Burton and Speke.’ The first day we went on the platform close to Speke. He looked at Richard and at me, and we at him. I shall never forget his face. It was full of sorrow, of yearning and perplexity. Then he seemed to turn to stone. After a while he began to fidget a great deal, and exclaimed half aloud, ‘Oh, I cannot stand this any longer!’ He got up to go out. The man nearest him said, ‘Shall you want your chair again, sir? May I have it? Shall you come back?’ and he answered, ‘I hope not,’ and left the hall. The next day a large crowd was assembled for this famous discussion. All the distinguished people were with the Council; Richardalone was excluded, and stood on the platform—we two alone, he with his notes in his hand. There was a delay of about twenty-five minutes, and then the Council and speakers filed in and announced the terrible accident out shooting that had befallen poor Speke shortly after his leaving the hall the day before. Richard sank into a chair, and I saw by the workings of his face the terrible emotion he was controlling and the shock he had received. When called upon to speak, in a voice that trembled, he spoke of other things and as briefly as he could. When we got home he wept long and bitterly, and I was for many a day trying to comfort him.” (Life of Sir Richard Burton, by Isabel his wife, vol. i., p. 389.)
21. “Laurence Oliphant conveyed to Richard that Speke had said that ‘if Burton appeared on the platform at Bath’ (which was, as it were, Speke’s native town) ‘he would kick him.’ I remember Richard’s answer—‘Well,thatsettles it! By God! heshallkick me’; and so to Bath we went. There was to be no speaking on Africa the first day, but the next day was fixed for the ‘great discussion between Burton and Speke.’ The first day we went on the platform close to Speke. He looked at Richard and at me, and we at him. I shall never forget his face. It was full of sorrow, of yearning and perplexity. Then he seemed to turn to stone. After a while he began to fidget a great deal, and exclaimed half aloud, ‘Oh, I cannot stand this any longer!’ He got up to go out. The man nearest him said, ‘Shall you want your chair again, sir? May I have it? Shall you come back?’ and he answered, ‘I hope not,’ and left the hall. The next day a large crowd was assembled for this famous discussion. All the distinguished people were with the Council; Richardalone was excluded, and stood on the platform—we two alone, he with his notes in his hand. There was a delay of about twenty-five minutes, and then the Council and speakers filed in and announced the terrible accident out shooting that had befallen poor Speke shortly after his leaving the hall the day before. Richard sank into a chair, and I saw by the workings of his face the terrible emotion he was controlling and the shock he had received. When called upon to speak, in a voice that trembled, he spoke of other things and as briefly as he could. When we got home he wept long and bitterly, and I was for many a day trying to comfort him.” (Life of Sir Richard Burton, by Isabel his wife, vol. i., p. 389.)
22. Afterwards the Right Hon. Sir Edward Thornton, H.B.M. Minister at Washington, sometime Ambassador at St. Petersburg, etc.
22. Afterwards the Right Hon. Sir Edward Thornton, H.B.M. Minister at Washington, sometime Ambassador at St. Petersburg, etc.
23. Yet the mine was almost destroyed by fire some six months after our visit.
23. Yet the mine was almost destroyed by fire some six months after our visit.
24.The Highlands of Brazil, by Richard Burton.
24.The Highlands of Brazil, by Richard Burton.
25. The chapters on Damascus are compiled from letters and diaries of Lady Burton, and from some of the rough manuscript notes from which she wrote herInner Life of Syria.
25. The chapters on Damascus are compiled from letters and diaries of Lady Burton, and from some of the rough manuscript notes from which she wrote herInner Life of Syria.
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